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Cluster of Leptospirosis Acquired Through River Surfing in Switzerland Zurich Open Repository and Archive University of Zurich Main Library Strickhofstrasse 39 CH-8057 Zurich www.zora.uzh.ch Year: 2015 Cluster of leptospirosis acquired through river surfing in Switzerland Schreiber, Peter W <javascript:contributorCitation( ’Schreiber, Peter W’ );>; Aceto, Leonardo <javascript:contributorCitation( ’Aceto, Leonardo’ );>; Korach, Raphael <javascript:contributorCitation( ’Korach, Raphael’ );>; Marreros, Nelson <javascript:contributorCitation( ’Marreros, Nelson’ );>; Ryser-Degiorgis, Marie-Pierre <javascript:contributorCitation( ’Ryser-Degiorgis, Marie-Pierre’ );>; Günthard, Huldrych F <javascript:contributorCitation( ’Günthard, Huldrych F’ );> Abstract: Background: In Switzerland, leptospirosis is still considered as a travel-associated disease. After the surprising diagnosis of leptospirosis in a patient who was initially suspected as having primary human immunodeficiency virus infection, we recognized that acquisition of leptospirosis occurred through recreational activities and we identified additional affected individuals. Methods. Detailed anamnesis, excluding occupational exposure, acquisition abroad, and pet contacts, enabled us to detect the source of infection and identify a cluster of leptospirosis. Convalescent sera testing was performed to confirm Lep- tospira infection. Microscopic agglutination tests were used to determine the infecting serovar. Results. We identified a cluster of leptospirosis in young, previously healthy persons. Acquisition of leptospirosis was traced back to a surfing spot on a river in Switzerland (Reuss, Aargau). Clinical presentation was indistinct. Two of the 3 reported cases required hospitalization, and 1 case even suffered from meningitis. Serologic tests indicated infection with the serovar Grippotyphosa in all cases. With the exception of the case with meningitis, no antibiotics were administered, because leptospirosis was diagnosed after sponta- neous resolution of most symptoms. Despite a prolonged period of convalescence in 2 cases, full recovery was achieved. Recent reports on beavers suffering from leptospirosis in this region underline the possible water-borne infection of the 3 cases and raise the question of potential wildlife reservoirs. Conclusions. Insufficient awareness of caregivers, which may be promoted by the missing obligation to reporthuman leptospirosis, combined with the multifaceted presentation of the disease result in significant underdiag- nosis. More frequent consideration of leptospirosis as differential diagnosis is inevitable, particularly as veterinary data suggest re-emergence of the disease. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofv102 Posted at the Zurich Open Repository and Archive, University of Zurich ZORA URL: https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-114686 Journal Article Published Version The following work is licensed under a Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) License. Originally published at: Schreiber, Peter W; Aceto, Leonardo; Korach, Raphael; Marreros, Nelson; Ryser-Degiorgis, Marie-Pierre; Günthard, Huldrych F (2015). Cluster of leptospirosis acquired through river surfing in Switzerland. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2(3):ofv102. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofv102 2 MAJOR ARTICLE Cluster of Leptospirosis Acquired Through River Surfing in Switzerland Peter W. Schreiber,1,2 Leonardo Aceto,3 Raphael Korach,4 Nelson Marreros,5 Marie-Pierre Ryser-Degiorgis,5 and Huldrych F. Günthard1,2 1Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Zurich, 2University of Zurich, Institute of Medical Virology, 3Division of Infectious Diseases, Triemli Hospital Zurich, 4Internal Medicine, Waid City Hospital Zurich, and 5University of Bern, Centre for Fish and Wildlife Health, Vetsuisse Faculty, Switzerland Background. In Switzerland, leptospirosis is still considered as a travel-associated disease. After the surprising Downloaded from diagnosis of leptospirosis in a patient who was initially suspected as having primary human immunodeficiency virus infection, we recognized that acquisition of leptospirosis occurred through recreational activities and we identified additional affected individuals. Methods. Detailed anamnesis, excluding occupational exposure, acquisition abroad, and pet contacts, enabled us to detect the source of infection and identify a cluster of leptospirosis. Convalescent sera testing was performed to http://ofid.oxfordjournals.org/ confirm Leptospira infection. Microscopic agglutination tests were used to determine the infecting serovar. Results. We identified a cluster of leptospirosis in young, previously healthy persons. Acquisition of leptospirosis was traced back to a surfing spot on a river in Switzerland (Reuss, Aargau). Clinical presentation was indistinct. Two of the 3 reported cases required hospitalization, and 1 case even suffered from meningitis. Serologic tests indicated infection with the serovar Grippotyphosa in all cases. With the exception of the case with meningitis, no antibiotics were admin- istered, because leptospirosis was diagnosed after spontaneous resolution of most symptoms. Despite a prolonged period of convalescence in 2 cases, full recovery was achieved. Recent reports on beavers suffering from leptospirosis in this region underline the possible water-borne infection of the 3 cases and raise the question of potential wildlife reservoirs. at Zentralbibliothek on November 25, 2015 Conclusions. Insufficient awareness of caregivers, which may be promoted by the missing obligation to report human leptospirosis, combined with the multifaceted presentation of the disease result in significant underdiagnosis. More frequent consideration of leptospirosis as differential diagnosis is inevitable, particularly as veterinary data suggest re-emergence of the disease. Keywords. Leptospira; leptospirosis; recreational activities; water-borne; zoonosis. Leptospirosis is considered to be a rare disease in indus- on the verge of emerging in industrialized countries [8– trialized countries [1, 2]. However, leptospires are exis- 11]. We report a cluster of 3 cases with acquisition of tent worldwide [3], and due to changing recreational leptospirosis at the same location during river surfing behavior (eg, increasing popularity of adventure racing on a standing wave in Switzerland. [4–7]) and ecological changes (eg, global warming, heavy rainfalls, and flooding), this disease may also be METHODS Study Participants Received 1 April 2015; accepted 3 July 2015. Leptospirosis was diagnosed in Case 1 and Case 2 dur- Correspondence: Peter W. Schreiber, MD, University Hospital Zurich, Division of ing routine clinical work. Based on detailed patient his- Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, Rämistrasse 100, Zurich 8091 ([email protected]). tory of these cases, acquisition of leptospirosis at 1 Open Forum Infectious Diseases surfing spot was suspected. Contact to Case 3 was en- © The Author 2015. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Infectious abled by the prior 2 cases. All described patients provid- DiseasesSocietyofAmerica.ThisisanOpenAccessarticledistributedundertheterms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs licence (http:// ed written informed consent before publication. creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial reproduction and distribution of the work, in any medium, provided the original work Leptospira-Specific Laboratory Analyses is not altered or transformed in any way, and that the work is properly cited. For fi commercial re-use, please contact [email protected]. All Leptospira-speci cenzymeimmunoassays(EIAs) DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofv102 were performed with the commercially available kits Leptospirosis Acquired Through River Surfing • OFID • 1 SERION ELISA classic Leptospira IgG and SERION ELISA (CMV) or Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection (CMV IgM and classic Leptospira IgM (virion/serion, Würzburg, Germany) CMV IgG: negative; CMV-polymerase chain reaction (PCR): according to manufacturer’s instructions. Microscopic aggluti- negative; EBV IgM: negative; EBV IgG: positive; EBV-PCR: nation tests (MATs) were done at the Bavarian State Office for negative). Polymerase chain reaction of the CSF was negative Health and Food Safety following standard procedure [3]. forCMV,EBV,herpessimplexvirus1and2,andvaricella- Microscopic agglutination tests included the serovars (sv) zoster virus (VZV). Blood cultures remained without growth. Australis, Autumnalis, Ballum, Bataviae, Bratislava, Canicola, Abdominal ultrasound demonstrated discrete splenomegaly of Copenhageni, Grippotyphosa, Hardjo, Hebdomadis, Javanica, 14 cm and no postrenal cause of renal failure. Icterohaemorrhagiae, Pomona, Pyrogenes, Saxkoebing, Sejroe, Repeated human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) screening and Tarassovi. Each month, Leptospira sv are checked by con- tests performed with Roche COBAS Combo-Screening were trol sera provided by the Royal Tropical Institute of Amsterdam. borderline positive. Symptomatic therapy and intravenous hy- Identical amounts of patient’s serum and live antigen were dration resulted in clinical improvement. The patient left the mixed and incubated at 20 to 30°C and then assessed by dark hospital after 4 days. Because clinical findings and laboratory field microscopy. An agglutination of at least 50% identified in results were considered compatible with a primary HIV infec- dark-field microscopy was found to be positive. Titers of reac- tion, the patient
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